Ludacris with new wife Eudoxie Mbouguiengue. File photo Image by: @RapUp via Twitter
This topic was inspired by the Gabonese lady and one time medical student,Eudoxie Mbouguiengue who reportedly took an indefinite leave from medical school to spend more time with her then boyfriend, now husband, Christopher Brian Bridges, best known as Ludacris. The pair recently tied the knot the same day she was proposed to. The wedding ceremony was reported to be held with a small circle of family and friends, and in what was actually a surprise wedding chiefly orchestrated by Ludacris and his mom, without any consultation from the girlfriend and fingers-crossed “wife-to-be” (story for another day).
Back to the topic, I don’t think it was worth it in Eudoxie’s case, to leave a promising career path by taking an indefinite break from Medical School to have better quality time with your boyfriend. Who does that? Except she didn’t get into the Miller School Of Medicine at the University Of Miami by merit and out of the passion of becoming a respected and successful medical doctor in future, she has no business putting her education on “indefinite leave” just to be on the road with Ludacris. That’s not how love works in my opinion. Is she planning to be a housewife and become dependent on Ludacris? A lady shouldn’t have to depend entirely on her man for her livelihood. She should best have something going on for her as well, whether it’s in business or career, so she gets to support her man in some areas both in and out of the marriage context. So there really has to be a more valid reason if any, for a lady to ‘up and leave’ her educational pursuit, career or business ambition for “love”.
One of the major factors that does rear its ugly head in relationships is the issue of the couple getting separated due to their career or business demands splitting them into different geographical locations. Now that can be very tricky, and leads to a lot of compromise and sacrifice on the part of both parties. Many factors would definitely have to be ironed out and a reasonable conclusion to the matter brought forward for it to at least seem like a win-win situation. But this was even a different scenario in the case of Ludacris and Eudoxie, as she was still in school, and permanent location differences didn’t seem to be the crux of the matter, it was more like the case of not being able to be on tour all day with a widely known hip hop star, and all that paparazzi business. It was like she lost focus.
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I guess we should just be happy for the newly wedded couple and give our recently married African beauty, Mrs Bridges a benefit of a doubt that she knew what she was doing when she put her medical school training on hold, and was not just simply swayed by love and the apparent comfort, glitz and glamour that her hubby’s lifestyle and career was all about and would guarantee her.
It is worthy of note to mention that Mrs Bridges is very much involved and runs a charitable nonprofit organization, Unspoken Angels. Their mission is so support, educate, inspire, and empower young ladies who have endured mental, verbal and sexual abuse. Hope she keeps up with that.
Would love to know what you guys think. Should love be a strong enough reason or motivation to put off or simply abandon your dream job, career or business? Share with me.
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